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Newspaper
Vindicator And Republican
Location
Estherville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1916
Page
7
Advertisement notes anti freeze fluid for automobile radiators guaranteed not to freeze. Sold by Nichols Deming Auto Sales Company. The ad fragment suggests a local car dealership offering a coolant product.
WANTED FOR RENT S3¢ of SE44-33, S3¢ of W3-34, etc. Hoover farm in Petersburg township, Jackson county, Minn. Inquire Knox & Faber, Jackson, Minnesota. The piece includes a note on a historic leap year marriage custom from Scottish law circa 1228 and a list of unclaimed letters at Ratherville Post Office with dates Feb 6 and 12, 1916. It mentions Palm Beach hosiery displays and a Daisy Farmine farmer note, closing with miscellaneous items.
Authority reports forty eight grains of arsenic were found in soup served at a University Club banquet honoring Archbishop Mundelein attended by about 307 Chicagoans. Analysis shows roughly one and a half grains per guest in three to four ounce portions. Investigators note the arsenic bottle was empty and additional tests on oysters and wine proceed, with no other poison detected yet.
London reports Turkish reconnoiters threaten Allied lines as General Townsend’s Mesopotamia troops near Kut el Amara face disruption. Turkish statement claims telegraph lines destroyed while Turkish forces under General Aylmer push toward Sheik Said, twenty five miles below Kut.
New York candidate Henry D Estabrook withdraws from the Illinois primary on April 11 as Republican factions in Minnesota and Nebraska rally behind Sherman. Estabrook avoids antagonizing the statewide Sherman coalition, which they view as a stronger rival outside Illinois.
Premier Briand and Minister Bourgeois arrived at Italian headquarters to meet King Victor Emmanuel and General Cadorna in Rome on February 14, confirming Franco Italian wartime diplomacy.
London report dated February 14 notes ongoing Armenian massacres with escalating violence. Authorities and observers condemn the killings as civilians suffer widespread casualties.
Kansan City banker Webb argues good roads boost farm value and loan size. He says bankers lend half of the selling value, determined by soil, location, and buildings. A rock road can add 10 to 25 dollars per acre, raising values and lending power. The piece cites country gentlemen on road quality shaping agricultural finance.
Historic statistics show nearly 250 million dollars spent on roads in 1914 in the United States. State aid funded about 49 million, counties and townships 25 million, with 13 states and separate funds covering state road construction and maintenance.
The ninth annual Wayne County Michigan road report details methods for preserving concrete roadways. A seven‑person crew with tar kettle, wire brushes, wheelbarrow and tar filled methods maintain cracks and holes by cleaning, tar heating to 225 degrees, sand filling, and tamping. A Latvia blend with ~85 degree melting point is used for filler, with hot tar and sand applied to seal and level patched areas.
State Highway Officials Association endorses the state highway commission and the county road board system. It recommends appointing a member of the board of county commissioners to the road board when necessary for farm and county needs. United States Department of Agriculture to allocate $2,000,000 for the national forestry program.
A short reflective piece extols ads as educational tools. It notes women read department store ads more carefully than society news while men seek bargains in newspaper ad columns. The piece urges readers to read ads and add to their education.
The Home of Rest For Horses at Westcroft Farm Cricklewood hosts a New Year banquet for aged horses. The menu features lumps of sugar chopped carrots apples brown and white bread and biscuits mixed in a wooden box placed outside each stable door. London Telegraph reports the custom as a quaint English animal feast.
A compact list presents nicknames and brief notes on medieval rulers. William I the Conqueror is highlighted for conquering Harold and starting the Norman line. Leopold I of Germany is called Life Man In Red Stockings. Juana, widow of Ibilio the Fair, is Mud Queen. James I of Scotland is Just, James V is King of the Iron Belt. Charles the Great extends empire from Baltic to Mediterranean. his son Louis the Pious is noted.
Natives in ape habitats view gorillas as inferior humans. They traditionally sever hands and feet of slain gorillas, a practice tied to religious beliefs and to render the animals harmless if revived.
Experts conclude humans cannot fly by arm power alone, no matter wing size. Even large birds like cranes approach the weight limit at about twenty pounds. The ostrich abandoned flight long ago. An airplane could lift a man with three horsepower, but top athletes generate only about two horsepower for fifteen seconds, so humans remain dependent on machines.
Bedouins traveling through dry lands carry water skins calibrated to outlast the journey and refuse water with the remark I drank only yesterday. From infancy they view water as precious and use it with religious restraint, avoiding waste to ease future water fasts.
A fragmentary quip reflects on life beginning naked and bare and progressing through trouble and confusion, ending with a note of doing well despite unclear fate. The source text is garbled but preserves a stark, aphoristic tone.
A 1916-style analysis argues that the Comision Reguladora del Mercado de Henequen has created a complete sisal fibre monopoly in Yucatan backed by New Orleans and American banks. Price advances threaten U.S. farmers by forcing higher twine costs. critics urge action under U.S. law to curb foreign and American finance enabling the monopoly.
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